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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1968
Page
2
The 27th Marine Regiment, about 1,500 of 4,500 men, leaves Vietnam as the first American unit withdrawn from the war. The move is not a general pullout. Meanwhile clashes near The Rockpile near the DMZ kill 34 Communist soldiers as Marines sweep northwest Vietnam.
A general court martial in Da Nang convicted 20 year old Lance Cpl. Denzil R. Allen of Lebanon Indiana of murdering five South Vietnamese civilians. He was sentenced to life at hard labor. Six other Marines face trials later this month on similar charges.
The U N Security Council postpones further debate on the Suez situation to today as Israeli and Jordanian troops exchange fire in Beisan Valley. A car bombing in Gaza injures 15. 2 are Israeli citizens. In Venezuela a major wildlife rescue begins as a dam gates close, forming a 500 square mile lake. Izvestia criticizes U S Europe arms stance and ABM plans. Moscow warns Czechoslovakia to align with the Kremlin or face takeover.
On opening day of the fall term a New York court barred a one day teachers strike, but union leader Albert Shanker said there would be no compliance. The walkout largely affected the school system in a largely minority district.
Paris President de Gaulle condemned the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia during a rare news conference. He warned Moscow cannot force its satellites and called the act condemnable and absurd while noting his coughing spell ended the event.
A 48 year old California housewife Mrs Virginia Asche of Los Altos received a heart from an anonymous donor at Stanford University hospital. The operation made her the world’s 43rd heart transplant patient and the first female recipient at Stanford. The donor died from irreversible brain damage and the family wished to remain anonymous. Stanford’s team was led by Dr Norman E Shumway.
Peter Dubcek 18 son of Alexander Dubcek Czechoslovak Communist Party leader goes back to Prague from Egypt where he was in Cairo during the Soviet led invasion. He was aboard the first Czechoslovak CSA airliner to resume Middle East service since the invasion on Aug. 29.
A cropped classifieds header lists telephone numbers HE 5 1161 and HE 2 5959 for ad inquiries. It notes publication daily except weekends from Sixth St and Pine Ave, Lona Calif, with historic clas s matter dates May 27 1943 and October 6 1946 adjudication by Superior Courts.
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